Essays on Education in the Early Republic
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Essays on Education in the Early Republic is a collection of essays edited by Frederick Rudolph and published by Belknap Press in 1966.
Its contents were created in the early United States after the American Revolution.[1] Thoughts upon the Mode of Education proper in the Republic by Benjamin Rush and The Education of Youth in America by Noah Webster are included.[2]
Reception
W. D. Halls, in British Journal of Educational Studies, praised the "unity" in the essays.[2]
Mehdi Nakosteen of the University of Colorado praised the particular arrangement and assortment of the essays.[3] He stated that the book could be improved if it had information on how other early American figures thought of education.[4]
